Xavier Silas’ father once rocked HemisFair Arena in downtown San Antonio with a dynamic turnaround jump shot and an uncanny ability to win games at the buzzer. Hence, James Silas was known as “Captain Late” back in the 1970s when he played point guard for the Spurs in both the ABA and the NBA. Longtime Spurs fans […]
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One day back in 1963, Edison High School assistant football coach Reggie West decided to deliver a message to the team’s best player. “You need to pick it up,” West told Wade Key, one of the city’s top tight ends. ”You need to get it done.” Recalling the incident Friday, Key agreed that, sometimes, teenagers just have bad days […]
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LSU freshman sprinter Rynell Parson, the injury-plagued, San Antonio city-record holder in the 100 meters, is scheduled to run next week in Baton Rouge, La., in his first track meet in nearly a year, Tigers coach Dennis Shaver said Thursday. After sitting out most of the last two seasons at Stevens with injuries, the 2007 […]
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The Minnesota Vikings are in a good frame of mind for their NFC divisional playoff showdown against the Dallas Cowboys, Vikings fourth-year cornerback Cedric Griffin said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Griffin said there’s been “a lot of energy” from players on offense and defense at Vikings practices leading into the game, scheduled Sunday in Minneapolis at the […]
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Former Madison standout Carleton Scott has returned to practice with the Notre Dame men’s basketball team, a school spokeswoman said Tuesday. Scott is expected to travel for the Irish’s next game, scheduled for Saturday at Cincinnati. Last week, Notre Dame granted Scott a leave of absence, and he was not with the team for its […]
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Referencing the Incarnate Word and St. Mary’s university baseball teams as the boys of summer is probably more than a little off base, especially after both opened practice for the upcoming season on Monday with temperatures in the 40s. Then again, it might not be the biggest twist of misinformation coming out of the baseball world this week. Remember, Monday […]
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The future of former Madison standout Carleton Scott with the Notre Dame men’s basketball team remained in limbo on Monday. A Notre Dame spokeswoman said Scott, a junior, has taken an indefinite leave of absence. The leave is said to have nothing to do with either academics or a violation of team rules. […]
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Longtime San Antonio area coach Danny Padron, who led O’Connor High School to seven playoff berths in eight years, has been assigned the task of rebuilding the struggling football program at Texas Lutheran University. Officials of the Seguin-based school announced Padron’s hiring on Friday. They will make it official on Monday afternoon when he is introduced at a news […]
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One small capper to put on this game: We tried to talk to Adam James after the game, but he waved reporters off. He had two security guys guarding him. As he left the field, fans booed and threw trash at him. As for Ruffin McNeill, players chanted “We want Ruff! We want Ruff!” as […]
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Baylor University is trying to quell speculation that Art Briles might be the leading candidate to become the next head coach at Texas Tech. Baylor released a statement Friday saying that Briles has affirmed his commitment to the university. There was no word on whether Baylor and Briles are working on a new contract. “I […]
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